Test # 19
- What is your full name?
My name is Ursula Sequiera.
- Can I see your ID?
Yes sure.
- Where are you from?
I’m from Kochi, a city in Kerala, in south
India.
- Do you work or study?
I’m working as a cashier in a private bank
in my city.
- Let’s talk about you home.
Sure!
- What is the best part of your house?
The best part of my house is my bedroom. I
have decorated it according to my tastes and I am there most of the time when
I’m home. We live in a bungalow and my room is on the level above the ground
floor, and overlooking our garden. It is really peaceful for me to sit in my
balcony and look out while reading a book or working on my laptop.
- What do you want to change in the house?
Nothing actually! We recently got the
house renovated and we changed everything that was old or needed repairs like
we got a fresh coat of paint done on the exteriors walls and changed some of
the furniture. So I don’t want to change anything as of now.
- Why do you want to do it?
(if you answer the previous question
positively for example you want to change the furniture, then you might say ‘I
want it changed as it is very old fashioned / has become weak / takes up too
much space, etc.)
- What is the best thing about your school?
The best thing about my school was the
teachers. All the teachers of my school were very friendly and helpful and they
made my memories with the school all the more special. I think our principal
took great care while recruiting teachers because I don’t remember not liking
even a single one of them.
Cue Card
Describe your goal in life. Please say
- What is it?
- Why do you want to achieve it?
- What steps do you have to take to reach your goal?
My goal in life is to become a successful
person, both on career and personal fronts. I want to work hard and make a mark
for myself in the society. The community that I belong to does not take risks
when it comes to careers, and we all end up with stereotypical jobs, like I
have right now. In spite of that, I know I have a lot to learn and I want to make
it big in this industry. I’m hoping to get a similar or a better post in a bank
in the country I’m planning to go to and by the time I’m 35 I want to be on senior
managerial level. Personally I want to be able to take care of my parents and
give them a lavish lifestyle, something they didn’t quite enjoy in order to let
me and my brother study affluently. Even I want to travel to a lot of places
that I have on my bucket-list. Later on, when I feel I’ve achieved these goals,
I’d like to get married and settle down with a humble and kind-hearted person.
Discussion
- Is it easy to achieve it?
If I work determinately and be true to my
ambitions, I don’t think it can be very hard.
- Do you think ambitious people are born with
self-confidence or they become confident because they are ambitious?
I think both…if they are confident they
are able to draw out an ambition in life and mostly they are quite clear in
this, and once they have their target, they feel even more confident in working
towards it.
- Do you think our society needs ambitious people or
is it better without them?
OF course our society needs ambitious
people. These people give inspiration and motivation to others to constantly strive
for the better. For example, I take inspiration from the Iron Lady of India,
Mrs. Indira Gandhi, who was a highly ambitious and strong political leader in
the times when women were not given so much liberty in the society.
- Is achieving goals more important than the way we
achieve it?
No I feel the way we achieve our goals
truly make us what we are. Unethical means or cheating to achieve what we want
is never gonna stay with us for long.
- Should everyone have a goal in life? Why?
Having a goal gives a direction to life.
For example a student’s goal is to score well in studies, a doctor’s goal is to
save every life that comes to him for help. Without a goal, we are just passing
our days of life like animals.
- What difference does it make?
As I said, if we don’t have a direction in
life, we are no different than animals, who eat, sleep, mate, eventually die, and
the cycle goes on and on.
#19 - IELTS Speaking test in the UK – April 2016
Reviewed by Devanshi
on
May 12, 2016
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